USS Bonhomme Richard (NCC-61779)

Template:Steamrunner Class Designed for combat and bearing the namesake of John Paul Jones' famous frigate, the USS Bonhomme Richard was originally commissioned as a vessel of the line for the ongoing Dominion War, however she never saw service in that capacity. Equipped as an assault frigate, the ship had little to do by the time her construction was finished in 2377, as the war had ended in 2375. As such, the ship was transferred to Solas Tempus under the Kappa Protocol.

Now reentering Solas Tempus service in lieu of new threats, the Bonhomme Richard is captained by Tal Ravis and carries a wide variety of auxiliary craft in order to effectively project force and conduct planetary assaults and landings.

General Statistics

The Bonhomme Richard's bridge.

Dimensions

303 x 224.2 x 48 meters

Crew Compliment

200+ (36 Officers, 164 Enlisted, over 234 Marines temporarily in 47 shuttles)

Power Source

Matter/Antimatter Reactor
Fusion Reactors

Propulsion

Warp Drive
Impulse Drive

Cruising Speed

Warp 7 / Fold 7.12

Flank Speed

Warp 9.991 / Fold 8(For 12 Hours)

War Emergency Speed

Warp 9.999 / Fold 8.5 (For 1 Hour)

Deck Plans

Steam Runner Deck Plans

Offensive Systems

• 8 Type XII Phaser Arrays
• 6 Torpedo Launchers (4 Fore, 2 Aft)

Defensive Systems

• 4 Phalanx Phaser Point Defense System (2 below, 2 above on saucer)
• 2 Ram Micro Torpedo Point Defense System (1 below, 1 above on saucer)
• Deflector Shields
• Ablative Armor
• Phasing Cloak
• Energy Signature Modification System

Special Modifications

In addition to the refit by Solas Tempus according to the Refit Guidelines, the vessel's interior has been significantly altered to allow for a larger hanger deck below the main shuttle bay deck. A standard small craft complement contains 10 fighters, including the station's CAP, and up to 47 shuttlecraft of different types.

Most of the ship's systems are automated in order to cut down on the number of crewmen required to operate the vessel, allowing it to embark over 117 Marines. Facilitating the deployment of these Marines are specialized Type 6 Shuttle Craft.

Auxiliary Craft

The Type 6 shuttle Hellbringer, serial no. 63103-63.

• 1 Arwing Class Fighter
• 1 Type-31 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter "Seraph"
• 1 "Roadrunner"

The Type 6 shuttle Kodiak, serial no. 63107-63.

• 1 T-65 X-Wing Starfighter
• 1 T-493-HF/I "Karasu" Heavy Fighter "Silver Bullet II"
• 5 Peregrine Class Fighters
• 10 Type 11 Shuttle Craft
• 12 Type 6 Shuttle Craft
• 4 Type 7 Shuttle Craft
• 10 Type 9 Shuttle Craft
• 1 Danube Class Runabout

Service History

• Commissioned in 2374
• Construction completed in 2377
• Assigned, on special request, to Solas Tempus via contract in accordance with the Temporal Reconciliations in 2378
• Solas Tempus refit the vessel for Temporal Operations in 2378.
• In accordance with the Kappa Protocol, the vessel was moved to Schatten Star System in 2379.
• Under authority of Admiral Lance Thomas, assigned to Tal Ravis in 2381 after activation of the Kappa Protocol

Trivia

The ship's registry number, 61779, is a combination of two historically significant events. 6, the first number, comes from the Wasp-class Amphibious Assault Ship USS Bonhomme Richard, LHD-6, while 1779 is the year that John Paul Jones was given the command of Duc de Duras, which was later renamed to Bonhomme Richard after Benjamin Franklin's pen name, Good Man Richard.